Hitting your head, getting your feet soaked, tripping over things… all the things you go through to bring history alive to us, JD! Thank you! I look forward to seeing the next place!
I wish the buildings were still there. I completely understand why they were bombed into oblivion, I just find being able to tour the buildings fascinating.
Love these videos! Keep them Coming. I’m American and live in Prague and have been all over Birchesgarten hiking ruins and things. It’s unreal to see. Thank you and hope the sensory stops burying history and cancelling history:)
It's amazing how such a beautiful place was home to such evil people. But that evil could not detract from that beauty. It was and still is a fascinating place. Thanks again for this series, JD and crew!! These videos go above and beyond!
@spe-ex7sz I think we can all agree that war is horrible. What was the purpose of those bombs being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? In contrast, why did the Nazis systematically murder approximately 6 million European Jews and 5 million Soviet prisoners of war? To equate the two is abhorrent and intellectually dishonest.
@@YippeeKiYayMrFalcon Your utter hypocrisy is the only thing that's abhorrent. And the fact that your still gullible enough to believe that 11 million people were "systematically murdered", shows how intellectually dishonest you actually are.
My hat is off to you sir for your faithful labor to bring these places back to life. History remembered results in a way to avoid repeating some of the less desirable events being brought back! You are doing more than most to this end, which, to me anyway, makes you a true Saint!!!
Is it just me? Or is anyone else in awe of the Nazi regime (not in a good way) they built so much in a relatively short space of time (slave labour) I find it fascinating
The Gen Walker Hotel had the best access and tours available to the underground tunnels in the area. Was sad to hear when they turned it back over to the German Government and later the bulk of it was demolished. J.D. I have to tell you you’re killing it with these video segments. Well done Sir!
Many a wonderful week as an army brat enjoying Berchtesgarden, at General Walker: tunnel tours, the ruins of the houses were still there, skiing, climbing the Eagles Nest, and the rest....
History coming alive - that’s your channel (it’s always a location I dreamed of seeing (bucket list) and you bring me there -thank you (may be one day) your awesome JD - thanks for taking us along
I'm guessing the rooms you saw at the coal bunker were where the trucks would drive in to get loaded. That's what the holes in the roof are for. The coal storage would be in the big rooms above. There is probably another structure up above where the coal would be delivered into those rooms.
I was on a beyond band of brothers tour in 2015, we visited this area. We were told that all the houses were connected by a tunnel system. We went into a tunnel system while there. Great videos JD!
I am pleased to have had the opportunity to visit Berchestgaden three times. It’s a great and beautiful place to combine hiking and ww2 history. Thank you very much for great videos.. Greetings from Sweden.
So glad I stumbled across your channel. Been watching it religiously for weeks! Not able to travel very far right now due to personal issues but we are planning in the future. Just curios how easy is it to rent a car and drive to these places, or would we better on a group tour the first time? Thanks for the checklist and all the information !
Great video. Love the drone shots. It's interesting to see all the trees growing back. It was fair to say to the people living there before the 1930s that it wasn't good for them having Hitler and the Nazi's moving to the area. Thanks for another well done video.
@@TheHistoryUnderground Years ago(late 90's) I met an elderly woman who was working at one of our local Sam's Club stores(Memphis) and she was from Berchtesgaden and their home had a view of the mountains and the Berghof. She hated the Nazis because they forced her family to sell their home.
As a companion to watching your videos, I am watching the incredible videos produced by Yad Vashem about the Jewish survivors of the war. The residents of Berchesgarten failed to destroy the children of Israel and sewed the seeds of the Jewish state. Their testimony is incredible.
As usual another awesome video from you JD. I wish these videos had been done some years earlier as I was stationed in Germany from 1971 - 1973 and while I did get out and about to a few places that you have talked about there are so many I never had the chance to see or even know about. After viewing so many of your videos, especially the World War II videos I am seriously considering heading back and following in your footsteps on the many places you have been so far. Thank you so much for all the information and work that you put into your videos. I plan my 1st stop in Normandy. God Bless you JD.
Good video again. The stone structure at 5:21 is a bunker exit same as the one closer to the Berghof. When I visited the site last time maybe 6-7 years ago it was still clean of earth, the door closed but as I remember there was some air movement from the holes indicating it leads to somewhere, probably to Zum Türken tunnels or to Berghof itself. There is some tunnel map I guess at Zum Türken museum from which it could probably be identified.
At the Grassi Distillery in Berchtesgaden, they had a book about the complete history of the Nazi in Berchtesgaden with pictures I have never seen anywhere before(all in German).
Followed along on maps. Got a better idea of where you were actually situated. I've always thought the berghof was much higher into the mountain than it actually was. The hotel was almost in his backyard!
Thanks for posting your videos JD and for going to places I've only read about and telling the history too. Your videos show a whole new perspective that no text book I've ever read can ever duplicate.
At the Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa, ID, we have bricks from both the Goering house and the Borman house, taken by troops who were there shortly after the area was secured. One veteran said it was just wholesale looting by the troops. Loving these videos from the Berghof area! (Sorry for any misspellings.)
JD thank You for the great video. I am in awe of your efforts. I always learn something new. Too bad those homes are no longer there. If Band of Brothers is to be believed those homes were something to behold. Keep up the great work and stay safe.
I stayed at the Gen Walker back in 67 while stationed in Germany. Been back a couple of times to visit old friends and continue my exploration of the WW2 era.
How I image you when you walk into a place “hey guys what’s *Doink* up -steps in water- welp there goes my socks, anyways guys look at this” the ability to be perfectly comfortable while being uncomfortable is the true test for you.
I really enjoy your videos thank you for keeping history Alive and for keeping me educated even at the age of almost 60 years old. Keep it up. Great great work.
I was wondering what you meant by "Struggle House" in the video's title. Then, you mentioned "Kampf House." Kampf = Struggle and you said Hitler finished "Mein Kampf" at that house and it all came together.
After Vietnam I was stationed in Germany from Aug 69 to Mar 71. In 1970, my wife and I stayed for a short time at the General Walker Hotel. Whew! how time has flown.
I hope I get to see these places someday. Your videos are just so informative, professionally done and a real pleasure to watch! Let me know if you ever come to CO-I’ll show you some interesting things!!😊
Great vid! We visited the Obersalzberg when we were stationed in Germany. In particular I was interested in Göring’s house. I found a lot of Camo netting from the Berghof site and enjoyed hunting artifacts. Nice walking tour!!!!❤
JD you do have a awesome job my friend! Like all your WW2 video’s very much, thank you! Are you going to visit Holland for operation Market Garden? Would love to see you document the Vietnam war.
I remember seeing that coal bunker but didn't know what it was at the time. I didn't go inside because it felt a little like we were trespassing 😉 At the time the General Walker Hotel still existed and was under the control of the US Army.
@The History Underground awesome to hear, my friend! My wife & I were watching all of the Normandy videos and the others related to the Allies campaign through France.
I myself have been to Bertesgaden and Obersalzberg twice, unfortunately years ago I did not have my program and did not record. All praises for your video, but I miss the footage of the tunnels from under the Zum Turkna Hotel, I miss Hitler's tea house, the house of the architect Sper, the house of Göring's adjutant, and the famous bench where Hitler sat overlooking Bertesgaden...I will definitely be too visited this place shortly. My like, greetings to you and everyone on your channel from Slovenia - Ljubljana 👍👋🤝
We visited the General Walker hotel in 1971 when we were stationed in Germany. If you went through the kitchen, there was a plain white door which led to stairs several stories underground. When it was discovered, the Americans simply strung bare bulb lights down the stairs so that it could be toured. When Berlin was being bombed in May of 1945, the workers who were finishing the construction on the various levels were told to leave their tools and go home in the middle of the morning. Everything was left as it was, including large tubs of cement left to harden that was being used to line the passageways. Office areas still had overturned file cabinets with burn marks where papers had been destroyed. We were told by our guide that further downstairs there were supplies stored that would have fed a large amount of people for at least 20 years. Incredible feeling to walk through these halls.
Another great job, JD. As a youngster in the early 60s, my family stayed at the Hotel General Walker 3 times. My dad was stationed at Karlsruhe, W.Germany. The Walker had a movie theater, swimming pool, night club, restaurant, etc. That hotel was connected to most of the other buildings by tunnels that you could tour. I remember that every entrance was covered by a blank wall with a machine gun slit. No un-invited guests.
Absolutely love your videos! Ever since I was a kid I’ve always wanted to travel to other countries and visit historical landmarks. Especially ones tied to WWII and the holocaust. Your videos have given me the chance to do that and have always been enjoyable and have helped me learn new things over the years! Thank you!
Great video as always. You seem to be following my footprints from about 10 years ago, which in turn will allow me once again to follow your footprints in about 3 weeks from today.
Kid, you're one of the best I've ever seen at this. I would be inclined to think that the coal would be coming in from the top down unless there was a belt drive at one time. The Nazi's certainly had plenty of stone, concrete and slave labor. It still amazes me that an advanced civilization like Germany would fall victim to such evil .
Guess? A Train Track probably goes to the top of the Coal Bunker and Gravity would do the rest. Great to have some old photos of the houses on the hills. I'll bet that area was really rural & beautiful before Nazification took place. Thanks.
Thank you for making these videos because I’m very interested in the WW2 because my grandfather was in it and I was born the day after the peal harbor attack but 37 years later.
Many thanks, you are an excellent tour guide and look forward to more videos. Berchtesgaden is a beautiful place, most vibrant greens of any forest; anyone that appreciated such cannot all be inhuman.
Have you considered offering or puuting up maps relating to the places you've been? I would love to retrace where you and these videos have been. Prolly a giant pain in the butt but, it would be nice.
Another great job. We've visited there twice while stationed at Ramstein, AB, Germany. I also like the then and now of the Obersalzberg done by Riter productins and Mark Felton's vidoes. Request you and Eric do a trip to the Hurtgen Forest; not many folks are aware of that long horrific battle pitting 6 USA div's vs the Germans, Sep 44- Jan 45. My father in law was WIA in Dec 44 there. He was an infranty man radio op for his company CC; we hired a guide, did 2 full days of Market Garden, then spent a day in the Hurtgen. Using my father in law's unit history, we pretty much located the general area where he was WIA near the Kaal trail. Keep up the great work.
@@TheHistoryUnderground Terrific. I regret not discussing the Hurtgen more w/my father in law. As I;ve studied the battle, I question the strategic and tactical strategy. If you go, you'll be shocked at the terrain the USA attempted to cross the Kaal "river" to attack Schmidt etc. We went in Feb 2019; wx was good unlike the conditions they faced in the winter. My wife and I are participating in the WW 2 Museum's "Rise and Fall of Hitler's Germany tour" in May: your Krakow video will enhance our visit there. We're also doing Berlin, Potsdam, Gdansk, Wolf's Lair, Sagan Poland, Wroclaw and Warsaw.
I really appreciate your videos. The visuals, commentary, and in-depth detail in which you take me back to what was in extraordinary. So glad I found your channel. While I can’t agree with the Nazis and their policies in any way…I have always been fascinated by who they were and interested in some of the why’s of how they began.
Well JD I must say I'm really impressed with your military historical knowledge and I hope the other viewers of this channel are as well. Great history lesson for all. Thank you for this series. I've enjoyed it all as well as all of your videos. I look forward to what is next. Thanks buddy for your travels. Hope your friends in ukraine are doing well as can be expected. Larry
While stationed in Nuremberg 86-89 I visited that area many times. He is right about the Bormann house it was completely gone. The Berghof had the garage left but was filled in with soil and remnants of the patio that was atop it. All that was left of Goering's house was the basement which was filled in, etc. I collected several pieces of tile that was lying around that was from his pool. I stayed in the hotel General Walker which was the Platterhof Hotel. I think it was $25.00 per night which was cheap considering. All total for my 3 yrs there I spent about 2 1/2 weeks on the Obersalzberg and in Berchtesgaden. Like to go back one day..
I stayed for a few nights in the Hotel General Walker back in 1977 during my deployment there in the Army. Mount Rosfeldt was where we would go skiing up the road a ways. Got some good pictures of the times there.
Guessing you couldn't find a way upstairs on the "call bunker" Very cool bye the way. Thanks for the awesome content, your videos fill in holes of history lessons for me.
As if that whole ordeal wasn't horrible enough, it's really sad that families were forced to buy back their own land that was taken from them. That's like pouring salt in their wounds!
Keep up the good work my friend I look forward to each and everyone of your vlogs I'll never have a chance to go over and see history of World War II so I live it through your eyes and through your vlogs
I often wonder how the Nazis perceived themselves - surely the thought, "Are we the bad guys", must have crossed their minds more than once. Anyway, love from India! As a bonafide history buff, I am subscribing to your channel.
Hitting your head, getting your feet soaked, tripping over things… all the things you go through to bring history alive to us, JD! Thank you! I look forward to seeing the next place!
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Everyone knows, those holes in that big building ceiling means GAS CHAMBERS!!!
In one piece!
JD is down for the struggle!
You forgot about spiders!!
I wish the buildings were still there. I completely understand why they were bombed into oblivion, I just find being able to tour the buildings fascinating.
I agree.
JD, I just can't get enough of this series. Better than anything on the History Channel, imo ... Seriously, your videos need to be on TV
Thank you. I really do appreciate it.
Love these videos! Keep them
Coming. I’m American and live in Prague and have been all over Birchesgarten hiking ruins and things. It’s unreal to see. Thank you and hope the sensory stops burying history and cancelling history:)
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It's amazing how such a beautiful place was home to such evil people. But that evil could not detract from that beauty. It was and still is a fascinating place. Thanks again for this series, JD and crew!! These videos go above and beyond!
Evil?? Just like those responsible for the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
@@spe-ex7sz go cry to somebody else troll
@spe-ex7sz I think we can all agree that war is horrible. What was the purpose of those bombs being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? In contrast, why did the Nazis systematically murder approximately 6 million European Jews and 5 million Soviet prisoners of war? To equate the two is abhorrent and intellectually dishonest.
@@YippeeKiYayMrFalcon Your utter hypocrisy is the only thing that's abhorrent. And the fact that your still gullible enough to believe that 11 million people were "systematically murdered", shows how intellectually dishonest you actually are.
Nature is indifferent to the nature of man .
My hat is off to you sir for your faithful labor to bring these places back to life. History remembered results in a way to avoid repeating some of the less desirable events being brought back! You are doing more than most to this end, which, to me anyway, makes you a true Saint!!!
Is it just me? Or is anyone else in awe of the Nazi regime (not in a good way) they built so much in a relatively short space of time (slave labour) I find it fascinating
Way to go JD another great video. Thanks for taking us along and doing all the hard work. 👍👍👍👍👍🍻
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Learning so much. Seeing places I probably will never get to see. Thank you so very much! The mountains and forest are stunning. Love the drone shots.
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Fascinating and educational series of Berchtesgaden. i learned a lot over the course of these. Thanks JD.
I'm torn between tearing down the remnants of the Nazi buildings r keeping them for a reminder of history. Not a memorial of hitler but history.
The Gen Walker Hotel had the best access and tours available to the underground tunnels in the area. Was sad to hear when they turned it back over to the German Government and later the bulk of it was demolished.
J.D. I have to tell you you’re killing it with these video segments. Well done Sir!
Yeah, I hate that they tore that think down. Thanks!
Many a wonderful week as an army brat enjoying Berchtesgarden, at General Walker: tunnel tours, the ruins of the houses were still there, skiing, climbing the Eagles Nest, and the rest....
@@matthewaaaron7421 I was an Army brat too. We were stationed in Germany twice. What a childhood!
History coming alive - that’s your channel (it’s always a location I dreamed of seeing (bucket list) and you bring me there -thank you (may be one day) your awesome JD - thanks for taking us along
I'm guessing the rooms you saw at the coal bunker were where the trucks would drive in to get loaded. That's what the holes in the roof are for. The coal storage would be in the big rooms above. There is probably another structure up above where the coal would be delivered into those rooms.
I was on a beyond band of brothers tour in 2015, we visited this area. We were told that all the houses were connected by a tunnel system. We went into a tunnel system while there.
Great videos JD!
I am pleased to have had the opportunity to visit Berchestgaden three times. It’s a great and beautiful place to combine hiking and ww2 history. Thank you very much for great videos..
Greetings from Sweden.
Enjoying this with my morning coffee. Cheers to a good Sunday!
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Thanks for posting all of these amazing videos. I always look forward to watching them. Please keep up your fantastic hard work.
Glad you like them!
I was there in the summer of 1990 and you could still see pieces of tile from the swimming pool.
So glad I stumbled across your channel. Been watching it religiously for weeks! Not able to travel very far right now due to personal issues but we are planning in the future. Just curios how easy is it to rent a car and drive to these places, or would we better on a group tour the first time? Thanks for the checklist and all the information !
I’ve had no issues renting a car. The nice thing about a tour is that everything is taken care of but the trade off is a little less flexibility.
Another great view of the past; thank you JD. Keep dry, and TRY to stay safe!!!
Amazingly interesting. Great work as always JD 👍🏼😎
Great video. Love the drone shots. It's interesting to see all the trees growing back. It was fair to say to the people living there before the 1930s that it wasn't good for them having Hitler and the Nazi's moving to the area. Thanks for another well done video.
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@@TheHistoryUnderground Years ago(late 90's) I met an elderly woman who was working at one of our local Sam's Club stores(Memphis) and she was from Berchtesgaden and their home had a view of the mountains and the Berghof. She hated the Nazis because they forced her family to sell their home.
As a companion to watching your videos, I am watching the incredible videos produced by Yad Vashem about the Jewish survivors of the war. The residents of Berchesgarten failed to destroy the children of Israel and sewed the seeds of the Jewish state. Their testimony is incredible.
As usual another awesome video from you JD. I wish these videos had been done some years earlier as I was stationed in Germany from 1971 - 1973 and while I did get out and about to a few places that you have talked about there are so many I never had the chance to see or even know about. After viewing so many of your videos, especially the World War II videos I am seriously considering heading back and following in your footsteps on the many places you have been so far. Thank you so much for all the information and work that you put into your videos. I plan my 1st stop in Normandy. God Bless you JD.
Your videos are exceptionally made and very informative. Thank you for sharing.
Good video again. The stone structure at 5:21 is a bunker exit same as the one closer to the Berghof. When I visited the site last time maybe 6-7 years ago it was still clean of earth, the door closed but as I remember there was some air movement from the holes indicating it leads to somewhere, probably to Zum Türken tunnels or to Berghof itself. There is some tunnel map I guess at Zum Türken museum from which it could probably be identified.
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At the Grassi Distillery in Berchtesgaden, they had a book about the complete history of the Nazi in Berchtesgaden with pictures I have never seen anywhere before(all in German).
Followed along on maps. Got a better idea of where you were actually situated. I've always thought the berghof was much higher into the mountain than it actually was. The hotel was almost in his backyard!
Thanks for posting your videos JD and for going to places I've only read about and telling the history too. Your videos show a whole new perspective that no text book I've ever read can ever duplicate.
At the Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa, ID, we have bricks from both the Goering house and the Borman house, taken by troops who were there shortly after the area was secured. One veteran said it was just wholesale looting by the troops. Loving these videos from the Berghof area! (Sorry for any misspellings.)
Wow!
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The looters became the looted....
@@bejoyful looting and theft are still looting and theft no matter who does it.
@@xr6lad not when it didn't belong to the person said items was taken from. It's not looting when you take from so much evil.
You know something is not normal when everyone in the government needs to have a bunker or escape tunnel.
@@outlander_... It's one thing if those at the top have bunkers but when lower level guys have bunkers that something else. MB was a low level guy.
KEEP THESE VIDEOS COMING! So informative and educational
Thank you! Will do!
Thanks again for all the work you do. Always loved history but you bring a perspective unlike anyone else. Keep up the good work
Much appreciated
The contrast between the beautiful natural scenery and the monsters who lived here is astonishing.
These videos are very interesting contrasting the past with the present. Excellent historical research, education, and present day information.
Glad you like them!
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JD thank You for the great video. I am in awe of your efforts. I always learn something new. Too bad those homes are no longer there. If Band of Brothers is to be believed those homes were something to behold. Keep up the great work and stay safe.
Thanks for watching!
Your channel is truly amazing, educational, and historical. Keep up the great work and videos.👍👍
Very interesting. I love your channel. Thanks.
Glad you enjoy it!
It would be interesting to look up in those coal shutes. That coal came from somewhere up there.
Definitely.
I stayed at the Gen Walker back in 67 while stationed in Germany. Been back a couple of times to visit old friends and continue my exploration of the WW2 era.
Thank you for sharing
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How I image you when you walk into a place “hey guys what’s *Doink* up -steps in water- welp there goes my socks, anyways guys look at this” the ability to be perfectly comfortable while being uncomfortable is the true test for you.
Ha! Thanks.
@@TheHistoryUnderground anytime boss. Keep up the content. Love filling my brain with new knowledge.
Love your channel mate I was born and raised in Germany I was 12 when I left and watching your videos brings back memories keep up the good work 👏
I really enjoy your videos thank you for keeping history Alive and for keeping me educated even at the age of almost 60 years old. Keep it up. Great great work.
Love these videos!
Glad you like them!
Dollars to donuts the former swimming pool is now the pond.
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Everything was so well-built and with great precision. Some of these buildings that were built 90 years ago look like they were built yesterday.
There should be a way to load the coal bunker from the top. There more than likely was a road that went to the top of the structure for loading.
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I was wondering what you meant by "Struggle House" in the video's title. Then, you mentioned "Kampf House." Kampf = Struggle and you said Hitler finished "Mein Kampf" at that house and it all came together.
Yep!
I stayed several times in the General Walker Hotel. Sad to see that part of history gone!
Awful.
Also stayed in the GW....1991. The General Patton building is still in Garmisch, but is being renovated into apartments.
Another excellent program. Many thanks.
After Vietnam I was stationed in Germany from Aug 69 to Mar 71. In 1970, my wife and I stayed for a short time at the General Walker Hotel. Whew! how time has flown.
I hope I get to see these places someday. Your videos are just so informative, professionally done and a real pleasure to watch! Let me know if you ever come to CO-I’ll show you some interesting things!!😊
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Such a great teacher! I really enjoy how you engage with the class. Keep up the great work!
Thanks so much!
The history is one thing, how you present it is awesome.........
Another fantastic video man! I really enjoy watching these.. So damn interesting!
Thanks 🙏🏼
Great vid! We visited the Obersalzberg when we were stationed in Germany. In particular I was interested in Göring’s house. I found a lot of Camo netting from the Berghof site and enjoyed hunting artifacts. Nice walking tour!!!!❤
I visited there last year already want to go back amazing place
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JD you do have a awesome job my friend! Like all your WW2 video’s very much, thank you! Are you going to visit Holland for operation Market Garden? Would love to see you document the Vietnam war.
I remember seeing that coal bunker but didn't know what it was at the time. I didn't go inside because it felt a little like we were trespassing 😉 At the time the General Walker Hotel still existed and was under the control of the US Army.
Man. Wish that they hadn’t torn down that hotel.
I wonder if there were railroad tracks above the coal bunker for bringing in coal. Need to see if Google Maps show anything.
@@TheHistoryUnderground do you know why they tore it down?
@@Hamsalad2 not sure
Say JD, always look forward to these Sunday Special Matinee 🍿... when will you be connecting with Paul from WW2TV again. soon, I hope?!
Paul and I have some plans. 🙂
@The History Underground awesome to hear, my friend! My wife & I were watching all of the Normandy videos and the others related to the Allies campaign through France.
Pretty cool. Thank you.
Glad you liked it!
I myself have been to Bertesgaden and Obersalzberg twice, unfortunately years ago I did not have my program and did not record. All praises for your video, but I miss the footage of the tunnels from under the Zum Turkna Hotel, I miss Hitler's tea house, the house of the architect Sper, the house of Göring's adjutant, and the famous bench where Hitler sat overlooking Bertesgaden...I will definitely be too visited this place shortly. My like, greetings to you and everyone on your channel from Slovenia - Ljubljana 👍👋🤝
We visited the General Walker hotel in 1971 when we were stationed in Germany. If you went through the kitchen, there was a plain white door which led to stairs several stories underground. When it was discovered, the Americans simply strung bare bulb lights down the stairs so that it could be toured. When Berlin was being bombed in May of 1945, the workers who were finishing the construction on the various levels were told to leave their tools and go home in the middle of the morning. Everything was left as it was, including large tubs of cement left to harden that was being used to line the passageways. Office areas still had overturned file cabinets with burn marks where papers had been destroyed. We were told by our guide that further downstairs there were supplies stored that would have fed a large amount of people for at least 20 years. Incredible feeling to walk through these halls.
Enjoying your videos very much!
Glad you like them! Thanks.
This is such amazing channel pure gold
Another great job, JD. As a youngster in the early 60s, my family stayed at the Hotel General Walker 3 times. My dad was stationed at Karlsruhe, W.Germany. The Walker had a movie theater, swimming pool, night club, restaurant, etc. That hotel was connected to most of the other buildings by tunnels that you could tour. I remember that every entrance was covered by a blank wall with a machine gun slit. No un-invited guests.
My husband was stationed in Germany in 1992 and we stayed there. Unfortunately The Eagle nest was closed because of snow.
In 86-89 we were stationed at Rhein Main we stayed at the General Walker also. I have a lot of memories of that time there.
Absolutely love your videos! Ever since I was a kid I’ve always wanted to travel to other countries and visit historical landmarks. Especially ones tied to WWII and the holocaust. Your videos have given me the chance to do that and have always been enjoyable and have helped me learn new things over the years! Thank you!
Great video as always. You seem to be following my footprints from about 10 years ago, which in turn will allow me once again to follow your footprints in about 3 weeks from today.
Thanks again for your knowledge, narration and respect of this part of history, it’s much appreciated
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Beautifully moving video of who, what and where the people that changed the world lived
Kid, you're one of the best I've ever seen at this. I would be inclined to think that the coal would be coming in from the top down unless there was a belt drive at one time. The Nazi's certainly had plenty of stone, concrete and slave labor. It still amazes me that an advanced civilization like Germany would fall victim to such evil .
Guess? A Train Track probably goes to the top of the Coal Bunker and Gravity would do the rest. Great to have some old photos of the houses on the hills. I'll bet that area was really rural & beautiful before Nazification took place. Thanks.
Where it took another great video JD
Excellent JD. Greetings from St Louis, MO
Thank you for making these videos because I’m very interested in the WW2 because my grandfather was in it and I was born the day after the peal harbor attack but 37 years later.
Many thanks, you are an excellent tour guide and look forward to more videos. Berchtesgaden is a beautiful place, most vibrant greens of any forest; anyone that appreciated such cannot all be inhuman.
Many thanks!
Have you considered offering or puuting up maps relating to the places you've been? I would love to retrace where you and these videos have been. Prolly a giant pain in the butt but, it would be nice.
Another great job. We've visited there twice while stationed at Ramstein, AB, Germany. I also like the then and now of the Obersalzberg done by Riter productins and Mark Felton's vidoes. Request you and Eric do a trip to the Hurtgen Forest; not many folks are aware of that long horrific battle pitting 6 USA div's vs the Germans, Sep 44- Jan 45. My father in law was WIA in Dec 44 there. He was an infranty man radio op for his company CC; we hired a guide, did 2 full days of Market Garden, then spent a day in the Hurtgen. Using my father in law's unit history, we pretty much located the general area where he was WIA near the Kaal trail. Keep up the great work.
We have some plans 🙂
@@TheHistoryUnderground Terrific. I regret not discussing the Hurtgen more w/my father in law. As I;ve studied the battle, I question the strategic and tactical strategy. If you go, you'll be shocked at the terrain the USA attempted to cross the Kaal "river" to attack Schmidt etc. We went in Feb 2019; wx was good unlike the conditions they faced in the winter. My wife and I are participating in the WW 2 Museum's "Rise and Fall of Hitler's Germany tour" in May: your Krakow video will enhance our visit there. We're also doing Berlin, Potsdam, Gdansk, Wolf's Lair, Sagan Poland, Wroclaw and Warsaw.
I really appreciate your videos. The visuals, commentary, and in-depth detail in which you take me back to what was in extraordinary. So glad I found your channel. While I can’t agree with the Nazis and their policies in any way…I have always been fascinated by who they were and interested in some of the why’s of how they began.
Excellent presentation in every aspect. Love this channel. Thanks for bringing this stuff to us.
Well JD I must say I'm really impressed with your military historical knowledge and I hope the other viewers of this channel are as well. Great history lesson for all. Thank you for this series. I've enjoyed it all as well as all of your videos. I look forward to what is next. Thanks buddy for your travels. Hope your friends in ukraine are doing well as can be expected. Larry
Thank you. I appreciate that.
While stationed in Nuremberg 86-89 I visited that area many times. He is right about the Bormann house it was completely gone. The Berghof had the garage left but was filled in with soil and remnants of the patio that was atop it. All that was left of Goering's house was the basement which was filled in, etc. I collected several pieces of tile that was lying around that was from his pool. I stayed in the hotel General Walker which was the Platterhof Hotel. I think it was $25.00 per night which was cheap considering. All total for my 3 yrs there I spent about 2 1/2 weeks on the Obersalzberg and in Berchtesgaden. Like to go back one day..
Great video ! Very well done !!
Thank you very much!
I think those are Koi fish
LOVE your videos 😊
Looks so peaceful, until you know the history and the madness that went on there. BTW, love your videos, always well researched and informative.
We visited there while stationed in the A.F. What a beautiful place.
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I stayed for a few nights in the Hotel General Walker back in 1977 during my deployment there in the Army. Mount Rosfeldt was where we would go skiing up the road a ways. Got some good pictures of the times there.
Guessing you couldn't find a way upstairs on the "call bunker" Very cool bye the way. Thanks for the awesome content, your videos fill in holes of history lessons for me.
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Thanks for the Tour JD of Herman Goering home. Will be interested in the artifacts recovered from these sites. ❤️💯
Great report, thank you very much.
Glad you enjoyed it
As if that whole ordeal wasn't horrible enough, it's really sad that families were forced to buy back their own land that was taken from them. That's like pouring salt in their wounds!
Amazing content as usual
Appreciate it!
awesome video it is very interesting to see these ruins and places, now overgrown by vegetation and huge trees. It looked a lot different back then...
Keep up the good work my friend I look forward to each and everyone of your vlogs I'll never have a chance to go over and see history of World War II so I live it through your eyes and through your vlogs
Really interesting, thanx for what ur doing!🇺🇸
My pleasure!
Another absolutely fantastic video JD!
Curious, have you done videos on the German Flak Towers?
Love the content bro 👌🇦🇺
Would be interesting to metal detect these sites to see if there is any relics
Enjoy the video mate really interesting mate can't wait for the next one 👍🔥
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I often wonder how the Nazis perceived themselves - surely the thought, "Are we the bad guys", must have crossed their minds more than once.
Anyway, love from India! As a bonafide history buff, I am subscribing to your channel.
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